AX1 Films will handle all UK and Irish rights to writer-director Mariana Rondon’s PELO MALO ("Bad Hair"), which recently won the prestigious Golden Shell at San Sebastián and has just screened in Official Selection at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.

A delicate and touching coming of age story from Venezuela, featuring standout performances from its lead actors (Samuel Lange and Samantha Castillo), PELO MALO is scheduled for release in the UK and Ireland in 2014.